Vérité 02 features works by Sunil Nampu, Lokesh Khodke, Anpu Varkey, Svanhild Wall & Bharath Murthy and Japanese comics by Takashi Fukutani, Nazuna Saito, Susumu Higa and Seiichi Hayashi. Manga historian and critic Ryan Holmberg contributes with an essay on acclaimed gekiga artist Seiichi Hayashi. Lokesh Khodke’s adaptation of a short story by Bhupen Khakhar, one of post-colonial India’s most important painters, is part of Vérité’s commitment to engaging with modern Indian literature.